EAN: 0042283275225

When the New York Dolls released their debut album in 1973, they managed to be named both Best New Band and Worst Band in Creem Magazine's annual reader's poll, and it usually takes somet… Mehr…

When the New York Dolls released their debut album in 1973, they managed to be named both Best New Band and Worst Band in Creem Magazine's annual reader's poll, and it usually takes something special to polarize an audience like that. And the Dolls were inarguably special -- decades after its release, New York Dolls still sounds thoroughly unique, a gritty, big-city amalgam of {|Stones|}-style R&B, hard rock guitars, lyrics that merge pulp storytelling with girl group attitude, and a sloppy but brilliant attack that would inspire punk rock (without the punks ever getting its joyous slop quite right). Much was made of the Dolls' sexual ambiguity in the day, but with the passage of time, it's a misfit swagger that communicates most strongly in these songs, and {|David Johansen|}'s vocals suggest the product of an emotional melting pot who just wants to find some lovin' before Manhattan is gone, preferably from a woman who would prefer him over a fix. If the lyrics sometimes recall Hubert Selby, Jr. if he'd had a playful side, the music is big, raucous hard rock, basic but with a strongly distinct personality -- the noisy snarl of {|Johnny Thunders|}' lead guitar quickly became a touchstone, and if he didn't have a lot of tricks in his arsenal, he sure knew when and how to apply them, and the way he locked in with {|Syl Sylvain|}'s rhythm work was genius -- and the Dolls made their downtown decadence sound both ominous and funny at the same time. The Dolls were smart enough to know that a band needs a great drummer, and if there's something likably clumsy about {|Arthur Kane|}'s bass work, {|Jerry Nolan|}'s superb, elemental drumming holds the pieces in place with no-nonsense precision at all times. Lonely Planet Boy proved the Dolls could dial down their amps and sound very much like themselves, Pills was a superbly chosen cover that seemed like an original once they were done with it, and Personality Crisis, Trash, and Jet Boy were downtown rock & roll masterpieces no other band could have created. And while New York Dolls clearly came from a very specific time and place, this album still sounds fresh and hasn't dated in the least -- this is one of rock's greatest debut albums, and a raucous statement of purpose that's still bold and thoroughly engaging. Music>Music>Pop Rock>Pop Rock>Pop Rock, Mercury Core >3<

2003, EAN: 0042283275225

Les Dolls étaient de la chair à légende, un rêve rock and roll devenu réalité. Décadents, effrayants, habillés et maquillés comme des cauchemars sexuels ambulants, ces new-yorkais n´ayant… Mehr…

Les Dolls étaient de la chair à légende, un rêve rock and roll devenu réalité. Décadents, effrayants, habillés et maquillés comme des cauchemars sexuels ambulants, ces new-yorkais n´ayant rien à perdre enfoncèrent avec un grand coup de pied la porte rouillée du rock and roll des seventies. Entre kitsch rétro (leur fascination pour les Girl Groups et le doo wop des années cinquante les poussera plus tard à travailler avec le producteur des Shangri-La´s) et rock and roll stonien dégénéré, cette musique ne ressemblait à aucune autre. Tout le punk américain de la fin des années 70 se fit les dents sur ce disque séminal, tandis qu´en Angleterre, un jeune délinquant nommé Steve Jones délaissait les cambriolages pour apprendre la guitare en copiant tous les solos de Johnny Thunders perforant ce disque légendaire, avant de monter son propre groupe, les Sex Pistols... album original - Parution : 15/07/2003 - chez Polygram Musique > Audio Variété > CD album<

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Kein Buch! Medienkatalog. Verlag: Universal Music Vertrieb - A Division of Universal Music GmbH, L=123mm, B=144mm, H=12mm, Gew.=90gr, [GR: 59100 - AUDIO/Musikstilrichtungen/Rock & Pop], A… Mehr…

Kein Buch! Medienkatalog. Verlag: Universal Music Vertrieb - A Division of Universal Music GmbH, L=123mm, B=144mm, H=12mm, Gew.=90gr, [GR: 59100 - AUDIO/Musikstilrichtungen/Rock & Pop], Audio-CD<